The Spy in the Green Hat

1967
A
1h 32m

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Janet Leigh, Jack Palance, Robert Vaughn, and David McCallum in The Spy in the Green Hat (1967)

U.N.C.L.E. agents Napoleon Solo and Ilyia Kuryakin are sent to stop a T.H.R.U.S.H. employed ex-Nazi scientist from diverting the Gulf Stream.U.N.C.L.E. agents Napoleon Solo and Ilyia Kuryakin are sent to stop a T.H.R.U.S.H. employed ex-Nazi scientist from diverting the Gulf Stream.U.N.C.L.E. agents Napoleon Solo and Ilyia Kuryakin are sent to stop a T.H.R.U.S.H. employed ex-Nazi scientist from diverting the Gulf Stream.

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Robert Vaughn

Napoleon Solo
(archive footage)

David McCallum

Illya Kuryakin

Jack Palance

Louis Strago
(archive footage)

Janet Leigh

Miss Diketon
(archive footage)

Eduardo Ciannelli

Arturo 'Fingers' Stilletto

Allen Jenkins

Enzo 'Pretty' Stilletto

Jack La Rue

Federico 'Feet' Stilletto

Leo G. Carroll

Alexander Waverly

Joan Blondell

Mrs. 'Fingers' Stilletto
(archive footage)

Ludwig Donath

Dr. Heinrich von Kronen

Will Kuluva

Mr. Thaler, Thrush Boss

Letícia Román

Pia Monteri

Penny Santon

Grandma Monteri

Frank Puglia

Padre

Vincent Beck

Benjamin Luger

Maxie Rosenbloom

'Crunch' Battaglia
(archive footage)
(as Slapsy Maxie Rosenbloom)

Vince Barnett

'Scissors'

Elisha Cook Jr.

Arnold
(archive footage)
(as Elisha Cook)

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- Joseph Sargent
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7/10

Grand fun!

The dauntless U. N. C. L. E. Duo, Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin (Robert Vaughn and David McCallum) are caught in the crossfire between enemy THRUSH agents and retired gangland mobsters when they are despatched to Sicily.

Their efforts to thwart a fiendish plot to divert the Gulf Stream, turning Greenland from a barren wasteland into a lush island for their new Headquarters when Solo is pursued by a lady with marriage in mind ...

There's more tongue-in-cheek spy shenanigans in store in this entertaining The Man from U. N. C. L. E. Film, and what makes it so entertaining is the humour, thanks to the actors playing the Stilletto brothers who might be OAP but they haven't changed their "gangster" ways (1930's style) and Penny Santon as Grandma Monteri - they kidnap Solo so he could marry their niece ( Letitia Roman) or else he will die; this is because Grandma Monteri caught Solo under her granddaughter's bed. Quite hilarious- had me chuckling right throughout. There's a very good performance by Janet Leigh and an atypical one as I never saw her play a sadistic bad girl who likes to use her dagger to a great effect. And there's Jack Palance as the villainous Strago, the king of overacting! The title "The Spy in a green Hat" refers to Strago's boss who is known as the Man in the green Hat!

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Mar 9, 2025
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Trivia
Will Kuluva, playing a THRUSH chieftain, originally played the chief of UNCLE in the pilot episode "The Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Vulcan Affair (#1.1)" (1964)(scenes deleted); and in the re-edited film version of that pilot episode that was released to theaters ("To Trap A Spy").

Goofs
Early in movie (7 min mark), Solo and Kuryakin depart after talking with a Sicilian peasant. As their vehicle leaves, a crew member is seen behind the car stooping low - trying not to be seen.

Quotes
Louis Strago: Your massaging my back not making love to me!
Miss Diketon: Oh, I'm sorry, Mr. Strago.
Louis Strago: This is not the first time that I find it decidedly nauseating. The Uniform Code of First Procedures states quite clearly that the relationship between a THRUSH official and employee must be kept on the highest level.